Re: grub2 vs. Xen

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On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 02:52:30PM +0800, Eric Zhiqiang Ma wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Bill McGonigle <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks for the response, Konrad!
> >
> > On 03/24/2014 08:48 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >>> It's definitely there in the config file [2] and I can boot it manually.  I really need the machine to be able to boot unattended.  I tried setting it manually in /etc/grub/default but that doesn't work either.
> >>>
> >>> I'm generating the grub.cfg with grub2-mkconfig > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and have re-installed grub2 on my /dev/sda and /dev/sdb (raid-1 /boot).
> >>>
> >>
> >> Change this:
> >> GRUB_DEFAULT="saved"
> >>
> >> to
> >> GRUB_DEFAULT="Fedora GNU/Linux, with Xen hypervisor"
> >
> > Sorry, that's what I meant by "tried setting it manually in
> > /etc/grub/default".  I believe this *used to* work.
> 
> Manually editing may not be a good idea:
> 
> #
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> #
> # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
> #
> 
> I can confirm that I can change the default entry for grub2 on F20 to Xen:
> 
> I use a script I wrote which you can download at
> https://github.com/zma/usefulscripts/blob/master/script/grub2-select.bash
> which summarize the steps from
> http://www.fclose.com/3826/setting-default-entry-in-grub2-and-grub/ .
> 
> 
> > I wonder if anybody else is successfully booting Xen with f20's grub2?
> 
> I just tried and unfortunately Xen can not boot either for me ;( It
> got stuck. I made a video recording it:
> http://file.pkill.info/file/f12-xen-fail-to-boot.mov (25MB). It worked
> well for me last time I tried it on F19. No idea what is wrong.

It looks to crash.

Can you do: 'vga=ask,keep noreboot console=vga" on the Xen command line
to capture the crash? (please, no video, just one screenshot is good).

It will ask you for a VGA console output = pick the highest one.

Thanks!
> 
> The versions of Xen and Kernel:
> 
> xen-4.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
> kernel-3.13.10-200.fc20.x86_64
> 
> Best,
> Eric
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